The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 1999
Waning Gibbous
70.2% 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
12:58 AM
10:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 944
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 | 246.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.99° / 2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.39° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.