The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 1941
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
12:19 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 226
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 | 75.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.60° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.25° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.