The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
12:19 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 105.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -26.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.79° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.03° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.