The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 25, 1986
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 785
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 45m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.34° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.58° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.