The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2013
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
5:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1117
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 206.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 6.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.97° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.92° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.