The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, June 25, 2106
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 AM
2:50 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2269
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jun 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.26° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.24° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.84° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.