The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
2:42 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1340
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 | 99.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 22m / 9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.75° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.11° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.