The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
6:46 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1710
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 | 165.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.6° / 342.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.40° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.49° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.33° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.