The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 1981
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
5:38 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 725
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.7° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.64° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.67° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.