The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
4:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2279
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 34.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 19m / 10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.90° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.65° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| 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.