The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 2021
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1216
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.1° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -25.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.84° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.04° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.