The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 3, 2165
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
12:02 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2996
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.87° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.17° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.