The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1969
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 572
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -26.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.41° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.88° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| 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.