The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
1:13 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -25.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.49° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.61° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.