The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 1996
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
5:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 906
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 5:20 PM, is deepest at 7:09 PM and ends at 8:58 PM. Totality lasts from 6:26 PM to 7:52 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 351.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.61° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.