The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
3:08 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1575
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.58° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.30° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.