The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2006
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
9:07 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 122.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 3.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.63° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.49° / -0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.48° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.