The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2078
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1921
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.90° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.26° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.