The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 25, 1987
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
9:13 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 797
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 | 353.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 71.7° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.32° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.28° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.