The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 25, 2122
Waning Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2465
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.33° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.57° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.