The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1985
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 PM
7:35 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 771
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.79° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.18° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.