The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 25, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
6:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 981
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 352.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.81° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.62° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.