The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2121
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2452
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 | 220.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 36m / -23.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.27° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.23° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.