The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1978
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:37 AM
6:14 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 683
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 | 348.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 183.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 2.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.95° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.