The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1978
Waning Crescent
41.2% 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
1:48 AM
1:50 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 684
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 | 280.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 236.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.22° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.12° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.