The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 2086
Waning Gibbous
98.5% 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
8:31 PM
8:00 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2024
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 313.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -0.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.21° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.13° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 47.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.