The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 30, 2107
First Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
2:27 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2280
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 60.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.36° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.30° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.