The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1945
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 AM
1:14 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 280.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 228.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.96° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.67° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.23° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.