The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 25, 2161
Waxing Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
10:19 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2951
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 37m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.71° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 6.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.31° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.