The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1946
Waxing Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 288
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 22.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.52° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.39° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.