The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 1915
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
5:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -95
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 304.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -23.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.16° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.38° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.