The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
3:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1266
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 | 114.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.41° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.79° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.