The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2000
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
11:35 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 957
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.67° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.