The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 1916
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
8:27 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -83
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 | 12.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 141.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.12° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.09° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.