The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
6:10 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1204
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 | 169.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 336.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -9.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.61° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.33° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.21° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.