The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 25, 1987
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 AM
6:03 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 795
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.0° / 187.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.14° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.