The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 2016
Waning Crescent
44.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
2:54 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.3%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 276.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 35m / 16.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.62° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.16° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.