The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2021
Waning Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
3:42 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1216
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.83° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.26° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.