The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1964
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 AM
2:34 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 511
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 224.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.68° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.46° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.05° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.