The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2105
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
12:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2255
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 | 261.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.01° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.49° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.41° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.