The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1960
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
12:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 83.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.54° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.44° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.