The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1991
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
7:11 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 845
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 | 200.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.15° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.12° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.86° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.