The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 1941
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
10:02 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 231
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.86° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.00° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.