The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
2:59 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 362
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.44° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.80° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.