The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
5:53 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 170.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 327.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.25° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.05° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.43° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.7° |
| 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.