The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
5:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -71
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 | 169.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 4.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.27° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.