The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1976
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
1:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 83.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.31° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.61° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.