The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1931
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
6:36 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 102
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 | 192.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.16° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.78° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.