The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 25, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 910
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.4° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.88° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.70° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.