The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 1942
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
6:08 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 243
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:00 PM, is deepest at 11:47 PM and ends at 1:35 AM. Totality lasts from 11:00 PM to 12:34 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 326.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 49m / -12.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.29° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.45° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.