The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2000
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
5:32 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 308.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.86° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.47° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.