The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2094
Waning Gibbous
60.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
11:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2119
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 | 257.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 244.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.18° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.18° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| 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.