The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2100
Waning Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
6:16 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2193
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 | 330.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.0° / 193.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.80° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.18° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.