The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 2024
Waning Gibbous
58.2% 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
11:33 PM
2:00 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 282.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.63° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.51° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.