The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 6, 2197
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
10:37 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3393
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 | 242.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.19° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.18° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.