The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 30, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
5:47 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1513
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 | 172.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.3° / 328.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.48° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.72° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.