The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1959
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 AM
7:34 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 347.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.9° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.64° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.65° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.