The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
2:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.74° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.23° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.