The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 1992
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 857
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 87.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.13° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.95° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.