The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 30, 2028
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
1:32 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1303
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 37m / 21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.30° / 0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.97° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.