The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 25, 1920
First Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
2:18 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -33
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.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.50° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.48° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.