The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 25, 1906
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
9:14 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 124.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.80° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.53° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.