The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1957
Waxing Crescent
0.5% 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
6:52 AM
9:24 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 425
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.07° / 0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.78° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.