The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 25, 1997
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
8:43 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 919
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.03° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.06° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.97° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.