The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2121
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2453
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 | 227.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.49° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.19° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.