The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1940
Last Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 218
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 15.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.83° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.15° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| 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.