The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 2022
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
10:40 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1228
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.11° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.52° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.