The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
4:02 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -108
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 | 126.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 42.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 42m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.47° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.87° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.