The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 2116
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
10:49 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2390
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.50° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.28° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.