The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
2:56 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 104.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.23° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.51° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.