The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 1925
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
11:45 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 47m / -10.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.72° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.66° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.