The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2082
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
3:05 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1971
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 | 101.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 12.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.72° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.58° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.