The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 6, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
4:13 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2948
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 31.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.50° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.77° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| 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.