The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
3:00 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 133.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 50.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.92° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.43° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.