The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2173
Waning Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
3:03 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3096
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -9.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.57° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.09° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.