The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2111
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
2:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2328
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 217.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.03° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.82° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.