The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 2040
Waning Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1451
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.65° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.84° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.