The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 1965
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
8:57 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 523
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 | 21.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 15m / 10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.82° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.23° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.