The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Waning Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1117
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 | 246.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 255.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.73° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.65° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.