The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 1950
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
6:31 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 337
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 323.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.22° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.57° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.