The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2008
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
9:07 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 6.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 128.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.20° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.28° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.