The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 25, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
2:58 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -93
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,000 km.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.2° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.12° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.46° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.