The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
5:53 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1909
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 | 163.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.2° / 346.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -8.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.43° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.18° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.98° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.