The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
4:17 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2243
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.99° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.18° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.98° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.