The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 25, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
4:03 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 242
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 19.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 09m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.11° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.11° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.