The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 2189
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
6:38 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3294
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 316.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -13.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.98° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / -1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 16.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.