The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 2188
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
1:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3281
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 | 74.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 23.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.90° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.08° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.