The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -165
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.70° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.89° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.