The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 2118
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
7:06 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2415
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.57° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.