The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1980
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -18.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.34° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.29° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| 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.