The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 PM
4:04 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1851
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 | 147.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 22.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.59° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.05° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.