The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
79.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
4:11 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 126.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 32m / 4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.98° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.97° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.