The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 2014
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
8:04 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.5° / 142.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.19° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.15° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 4.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.