The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2083
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
10:27 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1983
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 | 243.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -23.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.86° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.