The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 1914
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -107
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 | 59.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.51° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.07° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.