The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Waning Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
6:05 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1030
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 188.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / 2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / 0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.96° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.