The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 25, 1940
Waning Gibbous
84.1% 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
11:15 PM
8:31 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.23° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.23° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.