The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2040
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
10:31 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1455
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 3.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.53° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.30° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.