The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2134
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2614
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 | 157.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 358.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -7.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.13° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.97° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.