The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 PM
1:26 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 540
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 | 120.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 79.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -26.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.30° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.