The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1957
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
8:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 141.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.83° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.34° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 349.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.