The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 25, 2020
Waxing Crescent
29.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1207
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 1.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.44° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.59° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.