The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 22, 2025
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
8:14 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1269
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.2° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.70° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.61° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.