The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 2179
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
7:51 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 151.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / 8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.79° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.14° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.