The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 25, 1963
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
9:44 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.1° / 117.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.19° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.34° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.