The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 1973
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
6:33 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 626
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.4° / 205.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.90° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.33° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.