The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
3:33 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1302
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.54° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.31° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.