The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
5:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1043
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 354.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.78° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.29° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.