The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
2:45 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -207
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 | 107.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.79° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.78° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.