The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2154
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2861
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.28° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.09° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.