The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 25, 2016
Waning Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
11:21 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1156
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -8.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.60° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.80° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.