The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2086
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
1:21 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2020
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.63° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.82° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.