The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 1926
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 40
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 | 242.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -19.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.92° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.37° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.