The Moon on this date

Moon on Thursday, April 25, 1935

Last Quarter

55.5% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
SE
Highest
28°
Moonset
SW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
55.5%
Age
22.2 days
Distance
372,600 km
Apparent size
32.1′
Constellation
Sagittarius
Lunation number
152

Events on this date

  1. Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

  2. Last Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

Exact values

For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun263.86°
Phase angle83.72°
Illuminated fraction55.47%
Altitude / azimuth-9.0° / 250.8°
Right ascension / declination20h 02m / -20.24°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude298.42° / 0.25°
Libration in longitude / latitude-4.80° / 0.18°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-87.67° / 1.51°
Position angle of the axis350.2°
Position angle of the bright limb78.7°
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.

Your location

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