The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 1981
Waning Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
4:18 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 721
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 | 310.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 209.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.98° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.21° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| 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.