The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 1997
Waning Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
2:55 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 276.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.46° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.35° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.