The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
5:35 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 103
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.7° / 356.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -7.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.08° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.29° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.