The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
5:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1439
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 | 154.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 1.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.60° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.58° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.