The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 PM
4:04 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.79° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.59° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.