The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
6:11 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 969
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 | 168.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 337.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -8.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.61° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.02° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.