The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 25, 2163
Last Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
12:59 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2972
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.62° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.99° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.