The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 25, 2121
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
3:10 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2453
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.54° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.68° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.81° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.