The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 2011
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 AM
8:23 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1092
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 140.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.22° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.01° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 166.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.