The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 6, 2196
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
2:52 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3381
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 | 104.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.27° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.18° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.