The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
5:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1674
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 356.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -5.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.87° / 4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.79° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.