The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
3:28 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1616
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 | 139.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.21° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.83° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| 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.