The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 30, 2051
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1587
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 | 231.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.89° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.07° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.