The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 2025
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
1:45 AM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1265
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 | 71.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 28.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.04° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.38° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| 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.