The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
4:20 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 137.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 31.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -4.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.97° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.17° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.