The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2140
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2688
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 349.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -14.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.63° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.10° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.