The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2185
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
9:22 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3245
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 123.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 12.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.03° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.94° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.