The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2183
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% 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
7:36 PM
6:00 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3220
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 | 167.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 339.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -10.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.71° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.13° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.