The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1934
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
10:47 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 139
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.92° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.31° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.