The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2052
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
2:39 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1600
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 | 100.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.35° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.15° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.62° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.