The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 1994
Waning Crescent
14.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
5:02 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.1%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 316.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 4.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.11° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.