The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1988
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
7:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 807
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 298.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.73° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.68° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.