The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
6:12 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1339
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.27° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.99° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.