The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1963
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
11:45 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 503
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 97.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.06° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.26° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.