The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% 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
5:16 PM
4:10 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3183
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 | 137.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 32.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.68° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.95° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| 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.