The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
11:36 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 259.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 239.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.39° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.09° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.