The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2042
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
7:35 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1475
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -11.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.65° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.39° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.