The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 2099
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
7:38 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2180
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -15.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.22° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.60° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.