The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2039
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
2:14 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1439
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 61.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.62° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.96° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.73° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.