The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
4:45 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 126.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 31.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.27° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.19° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.