The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1983
Waning Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
9:57 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 745
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.22° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.55° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.