The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:26 PM
4:15 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2713
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 | 139.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 30.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.05° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.59° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.