The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 PM
2:40 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -244
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 | 111.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 57.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.32° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.30° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.