The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
12:39 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 874
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 | 105.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.03° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.05° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.