The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2016
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
1:29 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1154
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 | 276.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -12.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.19° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.13° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.72° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.