The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1940
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
3:23 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 213
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 | 315.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 221.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -7.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.92° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.87° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.