The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 25, 2006
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
9:35 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1034
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 114.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.01° / 3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.24° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.