The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1946
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
8:57 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 288
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 9.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.39° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.04° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.