The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 25, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
2:15 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 106
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 67.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.49° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.52° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.