The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1921
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
5:33 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -22
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 | 340.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 196.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / 1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.57° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.71° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.