The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 1939
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
5:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 201
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 356.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 20m / -5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.75° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.83° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.