The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 1962
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
5:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 309.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 239.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 49m / 20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.46° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.85° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.