The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
3:29 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -207
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.78° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.60° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.