The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1966
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
6:57 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 315.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.30° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.87° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.