The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 6, 2181
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
1:52 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3195
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 | 278.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.47° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.43° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.