The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 1959
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 262.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 15.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.41° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.73° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.