The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 25, 1948
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
7:49 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 313
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 | 206.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.92° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.12° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.