The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1961
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:51 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 474
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 18m / -17.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.72° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.00° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.