The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2105
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2254
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.60° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.66° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.88° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.