The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 25, 2002
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
7:22 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 984
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.57° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.32° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.06° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.