The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
3:24 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -128
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.5° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 50m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.84° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.92° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.