The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 25, 2023
First Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
12:19 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1244
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.52° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.25° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.74° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.