The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 25, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 PM
5:07 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.0° / 323.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.98° / -1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.