The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 1930
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 90
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 86.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.51° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.70° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.