The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1938
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
10:35 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 189
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.37° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.38° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.