The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 25, 2047
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
9:14 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1538
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.2° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.53° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.52° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.