The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 25, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 PM
12:59 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 539
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 81.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.34° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / -0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.93° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.