The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 3, 2162
Waning Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2959
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.53° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.10° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.