The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 1996
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 907
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,500 km.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.85° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.95° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.58° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.