The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1963
First Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
2:42 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 19.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.02° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.74° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.