The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 1972
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
7:50 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 614
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.23° / 3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.77° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.