The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2158
Waxing Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
3:02 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2911
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 54.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 8.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.19° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.78° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.