The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
3:57 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 869
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 | 136.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 41.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.51° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.40° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.