The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
6:39 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 968
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 | 160.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 350.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.99° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.00° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.