The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2132
Waning Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
10:34 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2588
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 251.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.07° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.61° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.