The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
7:47 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 993
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 | 350.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 153.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.77° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.94° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.