The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
3:12 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 911
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 44.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.30° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.03° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.