The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2029
Waning Gibbous
72.6% 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
12:50 AM
10:11 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1314
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 | 243.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.38° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.04° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.