The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
4:43 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1401
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 31.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 40m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.62° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.38° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.