The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2120
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
2:56 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2441
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 | 99.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.74° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.17° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.