The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 2018
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
7:15 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1179
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.70° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.06° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.