The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 30, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
4:48 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 140.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 22.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / -1.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.97° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.86° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.