The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1983
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 220.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -22.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.27° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.43° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.