The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1986
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
6:34 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 783
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 | 335.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.9° / 182.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.96° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.79° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.