The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1927
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 AM
7:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 53
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 158.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.19° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.93° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.