The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 2051
Waning Gibbous
57.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
11:58 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 261.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.98° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.50° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.70° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.