The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
2:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 226
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 | 110.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.7° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.93° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.68° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.