The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2026
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
7:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1277
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.96° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.07° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.