The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 1, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
3:15 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 32
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.91° / 3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.66° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.89° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.