The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1956
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
2:46 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 411
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 | 307.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 228.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 39m / -8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.00° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.17° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.