The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
5:30 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 770
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 16.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.77° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.80° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.