The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2041
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
2:01 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1464
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.05° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.04° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.