The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 1933
Waxing Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
10:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 132
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 112.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.14° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.32° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.