The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 2193
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 AM
8:06 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3343
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 153.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.54° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / -4.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.39° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.