The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 2151
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
10:25 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2823
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 | 244.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -23.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.90° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.21° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.