The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
3:40 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.16° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.96° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.99° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.