The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 1956
Waning Gibbous
72.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 AM
10:41 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 412
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 | 243.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 255.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.49° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.43° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.