The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 25, 1903
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
8:22 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -241
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.1° / 144.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.36° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.54° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 312.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.