The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 25, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 PM
5:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2391
Events on this date
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 350.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.03° / 1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.22° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.