The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
7:54 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 993
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.1° / 148.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 5.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.42° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.04° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.