The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2065
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
6:16 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1759
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.2° / 179.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.88° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.27° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.