The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2045
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
10:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1513
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 | 243.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.1° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.85° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.36° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.