The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 25, 2171
Waning Crescent
43.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
2:48 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3074
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 263.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.65° / -0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.07° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.