The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
12:21 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 639
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 | 101.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.71° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.85° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.