The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 25, 1973
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
11:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 622
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.9° / 250.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.88° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.27° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.