The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2108
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
4:29 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2292
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 | 310.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.91° / 1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.52° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.