The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
4:37 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1402
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 | 134.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.01° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.