The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2053
Waning Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 PM
9:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1612
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 | 222.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.21° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.77° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.