The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1921
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -17
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.24° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.36° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.