The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
5:36 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1847
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 | 156.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.8° / 359.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.33° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.51° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.