The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1908
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
9:53 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -182
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 12.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.96° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.43° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.