The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 1922
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
10:05 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / -3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.12° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.80° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.