The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 25, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
5:12 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 848
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 327.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.20° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.31° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.