The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 25, 1956
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
8:18 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 414
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.28° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.61° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.