The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 1979
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 50.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 84.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.43° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.01° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.