The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
10:01 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.4° / 113.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -12.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.29° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.20° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.