The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
7:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1042
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.79° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.28° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.