The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 2088
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
7:16 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2044
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 | 187.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.8° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -10.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.03° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.