The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 7, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
4:37 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 36.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 21.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.77° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.40° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.