The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 2171
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
9:23 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3071
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.28° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.18° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.