The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 2060
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 AM
8:27 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1702
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.89° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.79° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 157.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.