The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2113
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
10:32 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2354
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -23.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.16° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.73° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.80° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.