The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2012
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
6:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 187.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.90° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.38° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.