The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 25, 1968
Waning Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
5:41 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 560
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 201.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 5.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.37° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.06° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.