The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
5:36 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 808
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 | 164.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 347.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.91° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.89° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.