The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 1973
Waxing Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
12:10 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 623
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 | 52.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.79° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.72° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.