The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
1:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -264
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.6° / 74.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.81° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.30° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.