The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 14, 2025
Waning Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 PM
12:45 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1269
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 283.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 52m / 15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.56° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.79° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.