The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
4:52 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1946
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 | 139.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.48° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.11° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.