The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Waning Crescent
23.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
3:31 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.2%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 215.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 35m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.34° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.39° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.30° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.