The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 25, 2004
First Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
1:25 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1008
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 1.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.82° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.97° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.