The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 2083
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
7:17 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1982
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 300.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 33m / -14.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.90° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.30° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.