The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 25, 2087
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
6:26 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2036
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.7° / 199.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.18° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.70° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.