The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 25, 1946
Waning Crescent
11.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
6:35 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 291
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.9° / 226.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 23.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.45° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.44° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.