The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
5:23 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 140.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 17.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 6.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.48° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.38° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.