The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
4:51 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1772
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 | 132.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.26° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.36° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| 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.