The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:50 PM
4:42 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1537
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 | 127.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 31.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 10.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.35° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.16° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.