The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 25, 1987
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
9:15 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 798
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.6° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 24.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.09° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.95° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 170.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.