The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 2121
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
7:01 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2452
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 | 185.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.77° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.74° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 155.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.