The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
3:55 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 105.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 06m / 21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.99° / 1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.12° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.91° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| 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.