The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 2154
Waning Gibbous
68.4% 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
1:25 AM
10:19 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2860
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.35° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.72° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.