The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 1994
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
1:10 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 235.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.35° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.47° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.