The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 2007
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1042
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 | 223.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.53° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.78° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.