The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 1937
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
11:02 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 176
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.42° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.77° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.