The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2004
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 PM
7:31 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1006
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -24.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.79° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.97° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.