The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
1:29 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1241
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 67.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.72° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.49° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.