The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 2022
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
1:22 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 64.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.17° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.87° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.