The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 1990
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
1:52 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 75.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 22.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.40° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.92° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.57° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.