The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 25, 2180
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
9:20 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3183
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 122.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.21° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.27° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.