The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2146
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2762
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 262.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -18.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.28° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.70° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| 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.