The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 1958
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
5:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 436
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 10:41 PM, is deepest at 10:59 PM and ends at 11:17 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 356.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.05° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.