The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 2098
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
8:00 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2168
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 | 351.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 152.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.25° / 0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.77° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| 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.