The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 25, 1962
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 486
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 | 246.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 261.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.94° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.76° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.87° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| 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.