The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 2122
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
8:02 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2464
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.1° / 149.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.49° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.93° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.