The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 2009
Waxing Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
1:44 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 74.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 66.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 21.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.73° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.77° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.