The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1983
Waning Crescent
35.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
2:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 286.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 227.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.14° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.63° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.