The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
4:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1871
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 41.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.41° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.95° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.