The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
4:08 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -71
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 | 136.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 8.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.73° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.40° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.