The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
5:55 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 65
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 | 163.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 5.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.56° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.04° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.