The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
2:32 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -9
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 | 109.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.19° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.48° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.