The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2040
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
11:14 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1450
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.39° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.45° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| 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.