The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2174
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
8:04 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3108
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 | 350.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.35° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.19° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.58° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.