The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 2061
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
7:48 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1710
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.83° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.17° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.