The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 1958
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
7:48 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 436
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 | 215.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.10° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.46° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.