The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 30, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
4:53 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 144.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / -3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.15° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.48° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| 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.