The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 1920
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
8:48 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -34
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 | 216.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.1° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.15° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.52° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.