The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
4:33 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2947
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.28° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.73° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.