The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 25, 2014
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
4:41 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 16m / -1.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.48° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / -3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.29° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.