The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 2010
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
7:39 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1080
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 | 207.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.44° / -3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.63° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.