The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1983
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
8:34 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 750
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 295.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.39° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.95° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.