The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 2018
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
11:15 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1178
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 | 252.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.99° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.18° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.