The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 2169
Waxing Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
4:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3046
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 38.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.94° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.33° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.