The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1970
Waning Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
4:18 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 584
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 207.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -7.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.31° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.96° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.