The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
3:58 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 28
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 43.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.31° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.81° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.