The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 25, 1981
Last Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 AM
2:06 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 723
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / -0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.26° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.26° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| 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.