The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2128
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
1:38 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2540
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 68.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.37° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.79° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.