The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 25, 2051
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
11:02 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1591
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 8.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.74° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.51° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.