The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% 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
3:45 PM
12:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 104.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -21.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.13° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.26° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.