The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 25, 1949
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
8:59 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 327
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.3° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 35m / 27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.48° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.91° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.