The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
4:08 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1773
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 | 137.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.14° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.38° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.