The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 6, 2165
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
4:28 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2997
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.22° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.75° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.