The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 2175
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
6:59 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3120
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.34° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 162.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.