The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2059
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
2:38 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1686
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 45m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.50° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.66° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.