The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 1975
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
12:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 646
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -19.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.96° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.67° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.