The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 1936
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 164
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 351.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.10° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.13° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 228.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.