The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
4:25 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 164
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 | 144.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 33.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.42° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.63° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.