The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
3:48 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1501
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 44.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.62° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.00° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.