The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1991
Waning Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
10:46 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 248.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.17° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.56° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.51° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.