The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
73.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
4:43 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.6%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1203
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 34.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.45° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.70° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| 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.