The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2056
Last Quarter
49.1% 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
2:42 AM
12:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1649
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.08° / -2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.42° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.77° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.