The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2085
Waxing Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
10:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2012
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 | 58.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.4° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.62° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.32° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.