The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 2078
Waning Crescent
39.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
1:14 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.2%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1920
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.92° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.71° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.44° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.