The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
4:06 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1538
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.11° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.18° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.