The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 25, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
3:44 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 375
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 | 141.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 43.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.18° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / 5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.90° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.