The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 25, 2005
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1020
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.26° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.