The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1966
Waning Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
7:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 536
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 | 202.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.54° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.37° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.