The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2159
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
7:10 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2922
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 | 189.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.15° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.5° |
| 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.