The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Waxing Crescent
32.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
10:48 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.1%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 68.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -20.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.36° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.14° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.31° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.