The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2025
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
11:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -25.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.04° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.30° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.68° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.