The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1929
Waning Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
3:36 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 77
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 | 320.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 210.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -13.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.57° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.03° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.