The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 25, 2043
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
7:02 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1488
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.11° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.41° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.75° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.