The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% 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
4:37 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 672
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / -2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.47° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.28° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.