The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 2020
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
2:40 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1204
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.33° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.33° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.