The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2123
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
4:09 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2478
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 | 136.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 33.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -5.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.68° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.38° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| 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.