The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 2045
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
9:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1512
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 | 240.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -27.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.60° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.36° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.