The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1945
Waning Gibbous
71.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
10:39 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.1%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 275
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 | 245.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.69° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.66° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.