The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1961
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 473
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.28° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.50° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| 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.