The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2014
Waxing Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
1:56 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 82.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.22° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.22° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.