The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 2071
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
9:14 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1835
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.9° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 06m / 13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.89° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.37° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.