The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 1948
Waning Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
1:13 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 294.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 227.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 51m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.75° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.21° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.