The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
5:37 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 733
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 | 159.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 11.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.93° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.29° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.