The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
5:18 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.97° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / 0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.21° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.