The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2081
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 AM
5:40 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1957
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.9° / 185.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -5.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.76° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.69° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.59° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.