The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2131
Waxing Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
1:42 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2576
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 22.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.95° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.91° / 2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.50° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.