The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, June 25, 1911
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
7:41 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -143
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 75.8° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 19m / 26.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.90° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.07° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.79° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.