The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 1931
Waning Gibbous
80.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.6%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 102
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 | 232.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -25.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.14° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.27° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.