The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2151
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
10:41 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2824
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 | 246.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -24.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.71° / -3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.18° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.