The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 25, 1971
Waxing Crescent
10.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
10:30 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 601
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.51° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.70° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.