The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1938
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 AM
8:05 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 141.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.49° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.85° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 349.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.