The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1918
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
11:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -59
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 | 259.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.17° / 0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.47° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.