The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2159
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2923
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 261.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.33° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.59° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.