The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 AM
2:31 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 28.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.16° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.98° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.