The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2176
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
11:11 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3133
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 246.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.68° / -1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.10° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.