The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 2176
Waning Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 AM
4:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3132
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 199.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.93° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.37° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.21° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.