The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2005
Waning Gibbous
57.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
11:49 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1018
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 | 262.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 238.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -24.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.44° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.20° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.28° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.