The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1959
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
2:54 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 448
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 | 309.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.92° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.47° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.