The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1962
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
5:45 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 485
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / -4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.67° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.63° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.