The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
4:07 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 399
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 | 138.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 39.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.35° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.00° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.