The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2007
Waning Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
8:56 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1043
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 | 227.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.6° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 16m / -28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.47° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.79° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.