The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2091
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2082
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 | 224.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 05m / -18.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.28° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.16° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.