The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 1924
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
6:29 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 15
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 | 353.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 174.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / -0.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.88° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.23° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.