The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 1909
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
6:49 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -170
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 | 189.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 328.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.70° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.67° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.