The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
4:40 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1303
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 | 151.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 15.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -11.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.81° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.81° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.