The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2099
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
6:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2180
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.3° / 356.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 5.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.50° / 1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.87° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.