The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 1915
Waning Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 PM
7:57 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -96
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 | 228.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.18° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.96° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.