The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1965
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
1:29 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 524
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 49m / 24.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.75° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.07° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.