The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 2021
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
11:27 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1215
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 | 260.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 20m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.52° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.65° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.