The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
5:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2849
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 | 156.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 0.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -7.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.71° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.16° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| 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.