The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 25, 1963
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
11:57 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 502
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.98° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.01° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.