The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2084
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
10:48 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1996
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.6° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.98° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.24° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.