The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 2173
Waning Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3096
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 | 215.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.19° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.91° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| 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.