The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
6:41 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1908
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 | 160.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 349.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.74° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.99° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.2° |
| 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.