The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 2184
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
3:10 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3231
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 216.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -13.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.11° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.56° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.