The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2024
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
7:07 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1253
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 175.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.51° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.42° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| 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.