The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
5:58 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 331.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -12.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.31° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.25° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.