The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
3:44 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2144
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.86° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.33° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.