The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1973
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
11:19 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 622
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.49° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -3.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.24° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.