The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 2014
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 48.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.24° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.84° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.