The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 25, 1986
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 PM
6:12 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 783
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.69° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.06° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.