The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 3, 2140
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
7:19 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2687
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 | 193.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 299.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -15.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.62° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.51° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.