The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2070
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 AM
4:20 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1822
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 | 308.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 0.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.65° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.57° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.11° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.