The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1991
Last Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
12:36 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 845
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.55° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.00° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.