The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 25, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
3:52 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 808
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.46° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.81° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.