The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1942
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
8:46 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 238
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -11.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.24° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.67° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.