The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
4:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 263
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 30.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.31° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.71° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.