The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 25, 2097
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
9:26 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2160
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -0.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.73° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.51° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.