The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
12:22 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1814
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.75° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.05° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.