The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 28, 2025
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
10:03 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 21.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.80° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.54° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.