The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 6, 2200
Last Quarter
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 AM
12:34 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3430
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -12.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.76° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.32° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.05° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.