The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 1936
First Quarter
54.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 94.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -23.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.97° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.22° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.