The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 25, 1996
First Quarter
48.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
2:09 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 907
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.60° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.71° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.44° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.