The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
5:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 399
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 | 173.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 358.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -8.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.65° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.51° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.