The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 PM
4:18 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 155.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.5° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -22.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.52° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.05° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.