The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 25, 1978
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 687
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 | 254.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 5.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.04° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.84° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.