The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 1981
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
9:26 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 721
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 | 26.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 122.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 49m / 11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.25° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.90° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.