The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1907
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
7:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -194
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.89° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.75° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.97° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.