The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 2087
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
8:43 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2032
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 135.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 9.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.02° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.99° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 215.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.