The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
5:02 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -132
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 | 171.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 3.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.21° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 1.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.42° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| 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.