The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
1:49 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1252
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.02° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.87° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.74° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.