The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 21, 2025
Waning Crescent
43.8% 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
3:29 AM
1:06 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.07° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.42° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.88° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.