The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 15, 2025
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
2:02 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.79° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.00° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.