The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 25, 2009
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
9:30 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 20.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.56° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.