The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 PM
6:46 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 170.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 336.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.40° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.29° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.