The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
3:14 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1736
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 52.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.73° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.38° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.