The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 2019
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 AM
9:25 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.52° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.03° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.