The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 25, 2020
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.85° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.87° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.