The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 1923
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
6:37 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 4
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -10.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.01° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.71° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 332.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.