The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 30, 1972
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
7:20 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 610
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 | 203.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 277.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -24.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.72° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.25° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.