The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 2010
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
9:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 238.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 254.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -25.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.61° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.24° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.