The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 25, 2003
Waning Crescent
28.7% 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
4:24 AM
2:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 993
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 218.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.50° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.86° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.81° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.