The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
10:22 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 980
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 | 258.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 251.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -24.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.72° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.36° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.