The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 2003
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
8:54 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 993
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.27° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.82° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.