The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 3, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
5:18 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 32
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 328.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.94° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.51° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.