The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1997
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
7:20 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 918
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 158.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 1.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.70° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.25° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.