The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 25, 1970
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 585
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 | 230.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.68° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.27° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.