The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
4:18 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1500
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.13° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.01° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.