The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 6, 1933
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
4:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 127
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.40° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.06° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| 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.