The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2019
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
10:27 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 20.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 106.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.84° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.02° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.