The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1989
Waning Crescent
30.4% 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
3:45 AM
2:52 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 820
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 225.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -10.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.51° / 0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.56° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.