The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 6, 1925
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 PM
6:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 31
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -20.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.63° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.25° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.