The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 25, 1979
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
9:52 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 699
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 112.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.90° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.04° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.