The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 25, 1971
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
9:30 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 6.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.74° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.52° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.