The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1912
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -133
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 | 237.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -26.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.10° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.63° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| 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.