The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 1945
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
9:08 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 280
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.55° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.