The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 25, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1216
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 353.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -1.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.73° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.83° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.