The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
4:41 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 150.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 16.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.59° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.60° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.