The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
8:23 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 209.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.54° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.21° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| 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.