The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 25, 1905
Waning Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
1:22 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -217
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.06° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.74° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.