The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
4:20 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1265
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 | 109.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 40.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.14° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.80° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.