The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
4:34 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 140.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 25.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -2.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.93° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.09° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| 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.