The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 6, 1994
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
4:14 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 881
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 | 311.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 209.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.53° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.08° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.