The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 25, 2021
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
7:50 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1219
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.41° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.90° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.85° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.