The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
6:30 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1574
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 | 172.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.5° / 333.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.42° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.