The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1950
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.02° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.06° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.