The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Waxing Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1108
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 | 80.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 24m / -12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.88° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / 4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.95° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.