The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 25, 2051
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
6:23 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1587
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 8:24 PM, is deepest at 10:14 PM and ends at 12:05 AM. Totality lasts from 9:39 PM to 10:50 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 325.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.72° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.