The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2177
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
3:02 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3146
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 16m / 7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.36° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.98° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.