The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1901
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
7:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -269
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 | 208.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.94° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.25° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.