The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 2055
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
10:23 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1641
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -0.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.12° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.61° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.