The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 2164
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
6:35 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2984
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 338.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.32° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.73° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.