The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1900
Waxing Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
11:46 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 90.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 21.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.60° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.56° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.77° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.