The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
4:34 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1006
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 9.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.28° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.09° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.