The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2080
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
7:43 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1946
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 | 210.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.80° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.96° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.