The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 2071
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
1:32 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1834
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 67.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.22° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.02° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.