The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 1905
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
3:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 298.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.6° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.90° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.14° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.