The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 20, 2030
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
8:23 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1327
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -22.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.23° / -0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.02° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.