The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
4:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.1° / 358.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.70° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.23° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.