The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
3:02 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 696
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 54.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 14.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.36° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.26° / 4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.25° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.