The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
4:08 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2577
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 | 117.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 40.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.69° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.97° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.