The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2011
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
6:16 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1092
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.9° / 193.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 8.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.10° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.25° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.