The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
12:51 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1057
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / 0.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.99° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.00° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.42° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.