The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
4:21 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 362
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 | 137.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 37.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 9.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.20° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.27° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.