The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
5:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2379
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 1.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.91° / 2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.79° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.