The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, June 25, 2009
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
11:29 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.36° / -1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.75° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.