The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1977
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
7:48 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 671
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 290.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.89° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.26° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.