The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1958
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 437
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -19.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.08° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.97° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.