The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
5:01 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2242
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 | 137.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 23.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.50° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.96° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.