The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 2013
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
4:29 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1116
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 | 314.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 206.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.69° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.89° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.