The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 1900
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
7:09 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.05° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.43° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.01° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 332.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.