The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 2002
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
9:16 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 210.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / -3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.59° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.73° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.