The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 21, 2025
Waning Crescent
2.9% 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
4:46 AM
7:46 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1269
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.2° / 164.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.41° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.37° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.