The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1983
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
12:28 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 745
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 235.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.93° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.12° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.