The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2002
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 981
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 | 227.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 48m / -24.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.17° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.24° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.