The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1938
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
9:17 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 190
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 124.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.57° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.60° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.