The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 25, 2137
Waxing Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
1:04 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2651
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.11° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.07° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.