The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 3, 2056
Waning Gibbous
84.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1648
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 | 225.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.37° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.24° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.