The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
4:44 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 968
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 | 119.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 33.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.20° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.50° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.