The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2061
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
4:52 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1711
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 25.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 2.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.39° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.90° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| 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.