The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 1989
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
4:56 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 294.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 266.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 27.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.52° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.99° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.