The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 25, 2078
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
9:20 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1925
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 | 210.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -1.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.72° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.