The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1956
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
4:35 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 412
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 220.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 40m / 3.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.69° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.70° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.