The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2069
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
6:32 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1810
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 3:14 AM, is deepest at 5:07 AM and ends at 7:01 AM. Totality lasts from 4:25 AM to 5:50 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 308.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.83° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.