The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 1967
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
5:52 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 548
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 193.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 3.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.18° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.47° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.98° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.