The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:04 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3319
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 14.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.00° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.72° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.