The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 30, 1975
Waning Gibbous
74.4% 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
12:34 AM
10:31 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 647
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 | 240.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.58° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.04° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.