The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
4:31 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 132.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 30.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.79° / 2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.18° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| 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.