The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
4:14 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 597
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 | 135.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 10.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.34° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.67° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| 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.