The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2017
Waxing Crescent
17.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
10:39 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.12° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.97° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.