The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 25, 1943
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
11:01 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 251
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -19.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.66° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.57° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.