The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 2067
Last Quarter
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
1:35 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1785
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 | 275.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 241.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -9.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.10° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.99° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| 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.