The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1975
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
3:36 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 646
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 215.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -9.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.98° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.27° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.