The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1975
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
4:18 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 307.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / 1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.00° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.29° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.