The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
70.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
1:04 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 305
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 | 113.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.30° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.29° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.02° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.