The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 25, 2019
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
11:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1191
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.1° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.23° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.53° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.