The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1981
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
5:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 720
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 186.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / -4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.88° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.43° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.