The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 25, 1974
First Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 638
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 92.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -13.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.26° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.60° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.57° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.