The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
3:47 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 462
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 43.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.49° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.36° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.