The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
3:44 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -169
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.55° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.39° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.