The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 1926
Waning Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
9:13 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 45
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.74° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.