The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 25, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% 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
6:16 PM
2:09 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 341
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 68.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -27.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.11° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.72° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| 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.