The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1988
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 230.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -26.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.42° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.18° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.