The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 2043
Waning Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
10:44 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1488
Events on this date
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Neptune 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 | 250.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 244.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -26.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.25° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.52° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.67° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.