The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2132
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
10:54 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2589
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 | 248.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.38° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.59° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.