The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1968
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
9:15 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 565
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.31° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.86° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.