The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 2162
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
7:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2960
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.8° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.21° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.49° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.