The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 1998
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
10:14 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 936
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 | 40.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.47° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.84° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.79° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.