The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 1942
Waning Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 AM
11:10 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 249.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 253.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.00° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.18° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.