The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 2015
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
8:21 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 289.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.68° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.21° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.