The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 1978
Waning Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
2:58 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 683
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 | 310.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 224.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 40m / -10.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.99° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.40° / -4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.30° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.