The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1968
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:23 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.26° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.98° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.