The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2018
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
11:35 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1179
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.59° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.18° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.