The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Waning Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
4:15 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.5° / 208.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.74° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.58° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.58° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.