The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 2089
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:15 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2056
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.64° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.30° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.