The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
4:59 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 136.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.24° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.10° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.