The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 30, 1971
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
1:43 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 71.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.80° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.52° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.38° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.