The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 30, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
2:56 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 105.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.03° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.12° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.71° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.