The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 1969
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
6:28 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 572
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 | 191.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 323.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.69° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.38° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.