The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 25, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
3:08 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 474
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 | 120.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.73° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.48° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.