The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 1997
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
8:26 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 919
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 12.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.55° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.29° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 13.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.