The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% 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
4:02 PM
1:07 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.87° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.03° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.