The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1923
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3
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 | 251.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 261.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.95° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.87° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.