The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1969
Waning Gibbous
74.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
10:02 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 241.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 249.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.12° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.91° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.38° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.