The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2097
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2156
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.9° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.00° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.04° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.