The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2055
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
3:58 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1637
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 | 119.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 09m / 8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.14° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.78° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.