The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 6, 2184
Waning Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
4:18 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3232
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -2.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.65° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.55° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.