The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
3:04 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 53.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.75° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.88° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.