The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
7:47 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 314.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -2.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.75° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.14° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.2° |
| 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.