The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 1959
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
1:48 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 449
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 237.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.35° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.29° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.