The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2002
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
3:02 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 981
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.03° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.45° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.