The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1902
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
5:09 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -257
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 | 335.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.08° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.88° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.