The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 6, 1926
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
12:15 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 40
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 | 280.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.06° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.93° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.