The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2073
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
8:01 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1859
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 | 353.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.2° / 148.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.10° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.28° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.