The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1925
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
6:52 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 32
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.0° / 202.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 33m / 20.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.81° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.21° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.