The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 25, 2104
Waxing Crescent
0.7% 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
6:43 AM
9:36 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2243
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 119.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.48° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.31° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.