The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 2022
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
7:53 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 161.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.48° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.16° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.