The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
4:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 812
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 | 154.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.7° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.37° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.43° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.