The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 1916
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
5:40 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -79
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.82° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.63° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.