The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2091
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
7:05 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2081
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 330.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 35m / -1.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.50° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.29° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.