The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1993
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
6:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 186.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.11° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.