The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 25, 1902
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
7:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -256
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.61° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.63° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.