The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
4:37 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 202
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 | 141.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 24.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -3.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.16° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.24° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.91° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.