The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2053
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
9:16 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1611
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 | 219.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.91° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.76° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.