The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 6, 1996
Waning Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
7:48 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 213.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -15.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.11° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.07° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| 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.