The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 25, 2009
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
10:50 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1071
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.13° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.06° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.