The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
6:29 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1269
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.0° / 242.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 27.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.13° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.89° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.