The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
4:43 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1339
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 | 130.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 30.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.21° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.49° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.