The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1904
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
6:15 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -231
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 | 189.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 323.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.89° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.