The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
7:17 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1153
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.6° / 159.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 1.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.68° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.04° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.